Schools Ranked by Graduation Rate

The graduation rate is an indicator of success of a college’s student in attaining their educational goals. The figures are provided by the College Navigator database offered by the U.S. Department of Education. College Navigator defines graduation rate as the percentage of full-time, first-time undergraduate students. We used the latest figures available, which are of students who began their studies in the fall of 2005 and who graduated within 150% of the normal time to program completion. (For example, for a four-year program, the graduation rate includes students who graduate within six years of beginning the program.)

College Navigator did not have graduation rate figures for all of the colleges on our list. We did not, however, want to penalize those colleges without data. To that end, we simply excluded those schools from the rankings in this category.

Rank School FT to PT
Faculty Ratio		 Institution
Fin. Aid Rate		 Acceptance Rate Retention Rate Graduation Rate Accred.
Years		 Default
Rate		 Job Place. Rate  
295 Saint Cloud State University 1.80 to 1 36% 90% 69% 49% 65 6% N/A  
295 University of North Texas 2.67 to 1 48% 65% 78% 49% 87 10% N/A  
303 Anderson University 0.56 to 1 100% 73% 72% 48% 53 8% N/A  
303 Antonelli College- Cincinnati 0.28 to 1 0% N/A 26% 48% 37 35% 100%  
303 Beckfield College-Florence 0.16 to 1 15% N/A 100% 48% 19 23% N/A  
303 Belhaven University 0.60 to 1 81% 48% 63% 48% 71 7% N/A  
303 Liberty University 2.25 to 1 80% N/A 73% 48% 32 7% N/A  
303 Marymount University 0.61 to 1 89% 78% 70% 48% 54 4% N/A  
303 Ohio Dominican University 0.76 to 1 100% 61% 57% 48% 78 8% N/A  
303 Oklahoma Wesleyan University 15.50 to 1 98% 58% 66% 48% 34 10% N/A  
303 Reinhardt University 0.54 to 1 75% 58% 56% 48% 59 15% N/A  
303 Santa Fe University of Art and Design 0.36 to 1 97% 33% 60% 48% 47 7% N/A  
303 Sterling College 1.03 to 1 100% 49% 62% 48% 84 14% N/A  
303 The University of Tennessee-Martin 1.35 to 1 55% 73% 73% 48% 61 16% N/A  
303 The University of West Florida 1.25 to 1 24% 66% 73% 48% 43 7% N/A  
303 University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth 1.48 to 1 64% 71% 74% 48% 48 6% N/A  
303 University of South Dakota 2.57 to 1 58% 89% 78% 48% 99 6% N/A  
318 Brevard Community College 0.30 to 1 10% N/A 69% 47% 47 20% N/A  
318 Fitchburg State University 0.79 to 1 49% 68% 73% 47% 59 4% N/A  
318 Georgia Southern University 7.15 to 1 11% 56% 80% 47% 77 7% N/A  
318 Lasell College 0.54 to 1 82% 74% 64% 47% 80 7% N/A  
318 Northern Michigan University 1.69 to 1 67% 72% 73% 47% 96 7% N/A  
318 Notre Dame College 0.37 to 1 100% 89% 67% 47% 1 8% N/A  
318 Pennsylvania College of Technology 2.91 to 1 5% N/A 66% 47% 42 10% N/A  
318 Shorter University 1.36 to 1 98% 65% 68% 47% 89 12% N/A  
318 SUNY Institute of Technology at Utica-Rome 0.72 to 1 43% 38% 71% 47% 33 4% N/A  
318 Tiffin University 0.21 to 1 68% 51% 69% 47% 27 7% N/A  
318 University of Southern Mississippi 3.51 to 1 58% 63% 72% 47% 83 11% N/A  
318 Viterbo University 0.52 to 1 98% 78% 71% 47% 58 6% N/A  
318 Worcester State University 0.80 to 1 42% 65% 80% 47% 55 9% N/A  
331 California State University-Northridge 0.87 to 1 51% 74% 75% 46% 52 9% N/A  
331 Cardinal Stritch University 0.32 to 1 64% 48% 71% 46% 59 8% N/A  
331 Central Pennsylvania College 0.27 to 1 34% 43% 42% 46% 35 10% N/A  
331 Howard Payne University 2.83 to 1 99% 69% 57% 46% 64 15% N/A  
331 Illinois Eastern Community Colleges-Olney Central College 0.77 to 1 73% N/A 58% 46% 49 24% N/A  
331 Mount Mary College 0.47 to 1 100% 53% 66% 46% 86 6% N/A  
331 New Mexico State University-Main Campus 2.72 to 1 31% 80% 70% 46% 86 15% N/A  
331 North Greenville University 2.39 to 1 99% 58% 73% 46% 55 6% N/A  
331 Northeast Community College 0.61 to 1 25% N/A 63% 46% 33 17% N/A  
331 Roosevelt University 0.51 to 1 91% 74% 65% 46% 66 6% N/A  
331 Saint Leo University 0.11 to 1 100% 93% 66% 46% 45 7% N/A  
331 Southeast Missouri State University 102.25 to 1 69% 97% 71% 46% 97 10% N/A  
331 Southwestern Adventist University 26.50 to 1 76% N/A 58% 46% 54 15% N/A  
331 University of Northern Colorado 2.58 to 1 74% 73% 70% 46% 96 8% N/A  
345 Bemidji State University 1.38 to 1 31% 90% 68% 45% 69 7% N/A  
345 Briar Cliff University 1.97 to 1 99% N/A 69% 45% 67 8% N/A  
345 Florida Gulf Coast University 1.70 to 1 16% 68% 75% 45% 13 7% N/A  
345 Frostburg State University 2.02 to 1 39% 55% 71% 45% 59 8% N/A  
345 Goodwin College 0.28 to 1 74% N/A 44% 45% 29 6% N/A  
345 Hannibal-Lagrange College 0.82 to 1 83% 60% 61% 45% 54 6% N/A  
345 Lindenwood University 0.43 to 1 94% 53% 70% 45% 94 5% N/A  
345 Marshall University 2.53 to 1 54% 81% 70% 45% 84 10% N/A  
345 Middle Tennessee State University 2.37 to 1 21% 70% 70% 45% 84 12% N/A  
345 Minnesota State University-Moorhead 1.59 to 1 24% 63% 68% 45% 64 5% N/A  
345 Oklahoma Christian University 1.13 to 1 100% 51% 76% 45% 46 9% N/A  
345 Pfeiffer University 1.24 to 1 87% 59% 69% 45% 70 7% N/A  
345 Southern Illinois University Carbondale 5.24 to 1 28% 44% 66% 45% 99 8% N/A  
345 University of Alabama at Birmingham 12.11 to 1 56% 72% 79% 45% 42 6% N/A  
345 University of Alabama in Huntsville 1.75 to 1 71% 64% 79% 45% 42 7% N/A  
345 University of Toledo 2.27 to 1 87% N/A 65% 45% 90 10% N/A  
345 Waldorf College 15.67 to 1 100% 49% 37% 45% 64 7% 87%  
362 Brenau University 0.65 to 1 96% 34% 69% 44% 65 8% N/A  
362 Campbellsville University 0.86 to 1 95% 63% 66% 44% 49 10% N/A  
362 Cornerstone University 69.00 to 1 100% 63% 77% 44% 35 6% N/A  
362 East Tennessee State University 2.43 to 1 13% 85% 70% 44% 85 14% N/A  
362 Green Mountain College 1.57 to 1 95% 67% 63% 44% 78 10% N/A  
362 Kentucky Christian University 2.50 to 1 94% 35% 67% 44% 28 14% N/A  
362 Kentucky Wesleyan College 1.17 to 1 95% 52% 54% 44% 64 18% N/A  
362 Keystone College 0.35 to 1 90% 91% 70% 44% 76 13% N/A  
362 LA College International 0.08 to 1 1% N/A 26% 44% 9 22% N/A  
362 Lawrence Technological University 0.39 to 1 79% 47% 77% 44% 45 6% N/A  
362 Robeson Community College 0.38 to 1 1% N/A 70% 44% 37 0% N/A  
362 Siena Heights University 0.44 to 1 96% 55% 66% 44% 72 7% N/A  
362 Southern Nazarene University 0.44 to 1 97% N/A 62% 44% 56 8% N/A  
362 Stephen F Austin State University 3.16 to 1 47% 63% 65% 44% 85 14% N/A  
362 Trine University 1.34 to 1 95% 72% 73% 44% 46 10% N/A  
362 University of Wisconsin-Superior 2.57 to 1 26% 89% 68% 44% 96 9% N/A  
362 Utica College 0.67 to 1 95% 78% 64% 44% 66 7% N/A  
362 Wichita State University 1.61 to 1 66% 94% 73% 44% 85 6% N/A  
380 Arkansas Tech University 1.69 to 1 32% 90% 68% 43% 82 19% N/A  
380 Daniel Webster College 0.21 to 1 1% 66% 63% 43% 40 7% N/A  
380 Emporia State University 12.10 to 1 64% 82% 69% 43% 97 8% N/A  
380 Florida Atlantic University 1.51 to 1 31% 35% 79% 43% 45 8% N/A  
380 Florida International University 1.46 to 1 46% 51% 82% 43% 38 9% N/A  
380 Fontbonne University 0.42 to 1 93% 63% 74% 43% 86 10% N/A  
380 Indiana State University 2.56 to 1 54% 85% 58% 43% 97 10% N/A  
380 Nova Southeastern University 0.98 to 1 86% 58% 70% 43% 41 4% N/A  
380 Oregon Institute of Technology 11.08 to 1 54% 64% 73% 43% 50 6% N/A  
380 Santa Fe College 0.52 to 1 5% N/A N/A 43% 44 15% N/A  
380 University of Nebraska at Omaha 1.02 to 1 41% 76% 73% 43% 73 8% N/A  
380 University of the Cumberlands 1.83 to 1 99% 70% 62% 43% 48 11% N/A  
380 University of the Incarnate Word 0.68 to 1 89% 95% 78% 43% 87 13% N/A  
380 Valdosta State University 3.85 to 1 4% 58% 67% 43% 83 8% N/A  
380 Western Kentucky University 1.80 to 1 27% 92% 73% 43% 86 12% N/A  
380 York College 1.28 to 1 95% 84% 67% 43% 42 12% N/A  
396 Briarcliffe College 0.15 to 1 13% N/A 69% 42% 16 22% N/A  
396 Colorado Christian University 0.20 to 1 99% 81% 72% 42% 31 6% N/A  
396 Dakota Wesleyan University 1.07 to 1 100% 76% 66% 42% 99 13% N/A  
396 Des Moines Area Community College 67.40 to 1 8% N/A N/A 42% 38 15% N/A  
396 Ferris State University 1.86 to 1 67% 77% 71% 42% 53 6% N/A  

Methodology

For each college, we gathered data for nine different metrics: the number of full-time faculty per part-time faculty member; institutional financial aid, acceptance, retention, graduation, job placement, and default rates; years accredited; and undergraduate tuition. Learn more